How to Feed the World media interviews

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Required investments include crops and livestock production as well as downstream support services such as cold chains, storage facilities, market facilities and first-stage processing. Kostas Stamoulis, Director of FAO's Agricultural Development Economics Division, talks about agriculture's investment needs.

Poorest regions with the highest levels of chronic hunger are likely to be among the worst affected by climate change, according to FAO. While globally the impact of climate change on food production may be small, at least until 2050, the distribution of production will have severe consequences on food security. Leslie Lipper, FAO's economist has more.

"The Technology Challenge" is one of several papers produced by the UN food agency to serve as starting points for panel discussions at the "High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050". According to FAO's economist, David Dawe, increased investment in agricultural research is essential.

The path to the Summit

Three important events have prepared the ground for the Summit:

The High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050 examined policy options that governments should consider adopting to ensure that the world population can be fed when it nears its peak of nearly 9.2 billion people in the middle of this century.

The Committee on World Food Security considered reforms that will enable it to play a much more effective role in the global governance of food security.

The theme of World Food Day this year is how to ensure food security in times of crisis.

For further information

High Level Expert Forum - How to Feed the World in 2050Office of the Director, Agricultural Development Economics DivisionEconomic and Social Development DepartmentViale delle Terme di Caracalla00153 Rome, Italy